SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2211
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEHURLBERT.
4274H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection166.700,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
studentsqualifiedforempowermentscholarshipaccounts.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section166.700,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection166.700,toreadasfollows:
166.700.Asusedinsections166.700to166.720,thefollowingtermsmean:
2 (1)"Curriculum",acompletecourseofstudyforaparticularcontentareaorgrade
3level,includinganysupplementalmaterials;
4 (2)"District",thesamemeaningasusedinsection160.011;
5 (3)"Educationalassistanceorganization",thesamemeaningasusedinsection
6135.712;
7 (4)"Parent",thesamemeaningasusedinsection135.712;
8 (5)"Privateschool",aschoolthatisnotapartofthepublicschoolsystemofthestate
9ofMissouriandthatchargestuitionfortherenderingofelementaryorsecondaryeducational
10services;
11 (6)"Program",thesamemeaningasusedinsection135.712;
12 (7)"Qualifiedschool",ahomeschoolasdefinedinsection167.031oranyofthe
13followingentitiesthatisincorporatedinMissouriandthatdoesnotdiscriminateonthebasis
14ofrace,color,ornationalorigin:
15 (a)Acharterschoolasdefinedinsection160.400;
16 (b)Aprivateschool;
17 (c)Apublicschoolasdefinedinsection160.011;or
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (d)Apublicorprivatevirtualschool;
19 (8)"Qualifiedstudent",anyelementaryorsecondaryschoolstudentwhoisaresident
20ofthisstateandresidesinanycountywithacharterformofgovernment, anycountywithat
21leastonehundredthousandinhabitants,oranycitywithatleastthirtythousandinhabitants
22who:
23 (a)Hasanapproved"individualizededucation[plan] program" (IEP)developed
24underthefederalIndividualswithDisabilitiesEducationAct(IDEA),20U.S.C.Section1400
25[,]etseq.,asamended;or
26 (b)Isamemberofahouseholdwhosetotalannualincomedoesnotexceedanamount
27equaltotwohundredpercentoftheincomestandardusedtoqualifyforfreeandreduced
28pricelunches,andmeetsatleastoneofthefollowingqualifications:
29 a.Attendedapublicschoolasafull-timestudentforatleastonesemesterduringthe
30previoustwelvemonths;or
31 b.Isachildwhoiseligibletobeginkindergartenorfirstgradeundersections160.051
32to160.055.
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